My 'Inchies' arrived today!

I've been in the process of doing an Inchie swap with my friend Stephany for what seems like about a decade now! lol !!! We kept extending the deadline for various reasons but that was okay 'cause it's only us two.
Anyway, we both mailed them on Monday and mine arrived from Steph today!! I think that's pretty incredible from the States.
So, here are my little beauties...aren't they lovely!!!
The only stipulation was to use some of the Ikadinkado Polymer Inchie Stamps which we both have.
She also sent me these other goodies pictured here - really pretty papers, the most beautiful magnetic bookmark, a whole PILE of acetate (not in the photo) and this floral notebook too....AND this pretty Thank You card. What a spoilt girl I am!!
I'll post photos of the ones I sent her when I'm sure that she's received them.
I haven't done any Inchies for ages so this was really fun to do ....thanks for another great swap, Steph!

And here is the set I made.....

Well, my Inchies have arrived in the U.S. now so here is a photo of them and also of the box I decorated to send them in.
(Don't you just HATE it when the darn tissue doesn't go translucent when you adhere it to your surface.... that bugs me big-time!! Still there was no time to do anything about it so 'sorry Steph!')

I made mine from a Glimmer Mist background, (all except two which are made using Viva Decor Ferro paste) stamped on top with Versafine ink and also used Twinkling H20s, Adirondack Acrylic, Distress Embossing Powder and some Platinum Glitter Glue for accents.

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Art Doll

I've been itching to try one of these for ages. This is inspired by one I saw in an old issue of Take Ten by Stampington. I used stamps by Dawn Houser, Era Graphics, Elusive Images plus a big background wood-mounted stamp that bears no maker's name. I also used a fab metal crown that my friend Stephany once sent me a pack of.
And so, appropriately, I then made this doll into a birthday card for Steph using some of my favourite background papers by Basic Grey.
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96th Birthday!!!

I made this card using Ten Seconds Studio tools and mold, acrylic paint, Stickles Glitter Glue, a flat backed gem, E.P. and Glimmer Mists along with Bazzill chips and the 'Stipple' texture mat by Carolines - oh plus, I'm afraid,.......a PEEL-OFF !!
Sometimes it's the best way to put numbers on a card - that's my excuse anyway. lol

I had one of those "ooooooh" moments when I lifted the texture stamp off my triple-embossed ring of chipboard - love this effect!
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Shrink Plastic

So, at Stamp Club last night we did Shrink Plastic. I only ended up with this one piece cause I used Brilliance ink and it was taking forever to dry before I punched the holes. It never did dry actually, hence the smudge on the top layer!
But we all had fun, as usual, and this was the first time I tried using black shrink. Nice!!

May Stamp Club

So nice to be back at Stamp Club last night after missing a couple of months.
We've started doing cards for people's birthdays and there were three to make for May. Here are the ones I made, all using Lynne Perrella's fabulous stamps, now made by Stampington.
I bought Calligraphy Robe and Crimson Fan finally - after coveting them for years - when I visited Blade Rubber in London recently for the first time....woooo, what a great shop, stuck full of classy wood-mounted red rubber!

I'm back!

Here I am again after a rather long break from doing anything creative. It's going to take me a while to get back inot the swing of things but here are a couple of quick cards I made yesterday - two quite different styles.

For the top card I used Lynne Perella's Botanica stamp, now made by Stampington and additional stamps by Kelly Panacci (for Sandylion), Hero Arts and Paper Artsy. The paper is from a mat stack by DCWV. I made the background to Botanica brayering dye inks over clear E.P. then spraying with Glimmer Mists on top.

The papers for the other card are from a collage pack by Paper Reflections (excluding the Audrey Hepburn image) and the word stamp is by Paper Artsy. Embellished with Diamante gems and silver glitter glue on her head-dress. The Star punch was bought in Tesco!
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